Our Mexico intellectual property focus is now available to read online for free, including articles on the trade mark opposition system, interpretation of patent claims and new life for industrial designs and geographical indications

The Mexico Focus 2017 has been published on our website. It includes articles on filing trends, issues arising from the recently-enacted opposition system, court rulings interpreting patent claims, and Mexico’s increasing willingness to modernise its IP system.

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Eduardo Kleinberg and Santiago Zubikarai of Basham discuss the lessons from Mexico’s nascent opposition system, including a lack of information about trade mark applications, examiners not being bound by oppositions, controversy over fees, and a lack of clarity about the basis on which an opposition may be filed

Two recent rulings have shed light on the interpretation of claims in Mexican patent litigation. Mariana Gonzalez Vargas of Becerril Coca & Becerril explains they provide an important reference for unity of invention and the doctrine of equivalents